Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) projects 2025 -2028
The Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) is provided by Welsh Government to help support union led adult learning in the workplace.
All Welsh workers have the opportunity to access the fund to take advantage of the support, advice and guidance and training offers provided through WULF projects.
Although WULF cannot fund University degree courses, learning such as Access courses can be supported.
WULF projects 2025 - 28
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- ASLEF: The Learning Partnership Programme
Contact ASLEF
Emma Penman
Education development & project worker
07817 145 754
emma.penman@aslef.org.uk
www.aslef.org.ukTwitter: @ASLEF_Education
ASLEF project offer
ASLEF’s The Learning Partnership Programme is offering a range of online learning courses which are available to ASLEF members, family & friends and rail workers throughout the network. The courses are available to do online, and are completed during personal time. All you need is access to the internet and some free time to commit to your learning goals. Online courses are flexible and will allow you to complete your learning at times to suit you.
These courses are ideal for anyone wanting to develop their knowledge, broaden their horizons, continue with their professional development, or just learn for fun.Many of the courses are bitesize courses which only take a few hours to complete. Other courses will take a few weeks to complete and are ‘accredited' courses; enabling you to achieve a nationally recognised qualification (which can enhance your CV and improve employment prospects).
To enrol on the courses you will be required to complete some basic documentation. For more information and to enquire about enrolling on courses, please contact your workplace Union Learning Representative. Alternatively, contact Emma at ASLEF - Education.- Bectu sector of Prospect: CULT Cymru
Contact Bectu
Siân Gale
Skills & Development Manager
CULT Cymru
Bectu
029 2099 0132
sian@bectu.org.uk
https://cult.cymru/
Twitter: @cult_cymru
Facebook: @cultcymruCULT Cymru Project Offer
CULT Cymru is a learning programme led by Bectu in partnership with Equity, the Musicians’ Union and the Writers’ Guild. We work with industry workers, employers and other organisations to arrange learning activities and networking events throughout Wales.
We work with creative workers by:
- Finding out what you’d like in terms of learning / continual professional development and wellbeing options and how you would like to learn these. We aim to offer most of these activities at a highly subsidised rate and sometimes free.
- Identifying innovative ways of utilising the skills, knowledge and experience of creative workers and enabling those that want to, to share these skills with others. This would include experienced trainers as well as those who want to know more about skills share and delivering training.
- Sign-posting you to other available information and support both industry specific and generic training via our website.
- Working with organisations to bring about cultural change in the creative sector so that it is a fair, inclusive and safe place to work where all have the ability to reach their full potential
A major part of our work at CULT Cymru is to help you identify your personal learning and professional development needs. We need to learn more about you, the skills you want to develop and the type of education and training you prefer, so that we can ensure you have access to high quality learning that is relevant and affordable..
- BFAWU: Inspiring Achievement
Contact BFAWU
Claire James
Project Development Manager
BFAWU Learning Project Wales
02920481518 opt 4 or
07896550460
claire.james@bfawu.org
BFAWU Education and TrainingTwitter: @bfawu1
Facebook: @bfawuBFAWU Project Offer
The BFAWU are here to support you.
In Wales, the BFAWU have an established Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) project in place which helps hundreds of individuals each year by providing access to training courses.
The BFAWU learning project Wales, has a proven history in the promotion of education and understand the importance that learning plays, both formal and informal, in the lives of our members at work, as well as in their family and social lives.
The project will work tirelessly to ensure you, as a learner, is supported throughout each stage of your leaning journey, after all, your success enables our success, and it is this joint approach that allows the project to continue to successfully provide this important service and assist individuals in developing skills, achieving qualifications and engage in lifelong learning opportunities within the workplace and outside.
Working in partnership with of the largest training providers and colleges in Wales, the project not only has a wide range of courses relating specifically to the food industry but is able to also provide courses that will help your personal development that can be delivered flexibly through various methods.
The learning opportunities available can provide you with skills for your current role, increase qualifications to enable promotion and career progression or even change your career!
There is a strong focus on developing the essential skills and employability of the workforce in Wales, with a particular emphasis on removing barriers for traditional non-learners, as well as providing you skills to enhance day to day digital inclusion as well as providing support for health and well-being.
Currently, the most popular courses are.
- digital Literacy
- language courses,
- literacy and numeracy
- management and supervisory skills
- mental health awareness
Other courses offered include accounting & bookkeeping, project management and a variety of personal development courses, amongst many, many more!
Contact us
If you are interested in gaining a qualification to further your career and would like to find out more or would like to know how to access any of the training courses available, please contact Claire James, Project Development Manager on the following details:
Email: Claire.james@bfawu.org
Tel: 02920481518 opt: 4
Mobile: 07896550460
Or visit the website https://bfawulearning.wales and complete the enquiry form.As a union, we welcome interest from members and their family members, as well as employees of companies the BFAWU works alongside.
- COMMUNITY: Empowering Workers Through Learning
Contact Community
Lisa Francis
Learning Organiser
07834745809 or 02920668800
learnwales@community-tu.org Community Learn website
Twitter: @communityunion
Facebook: @CommunityUnionCommunity Project Offer
Community believes that access to learning, skills development and training is key to success at work and beyond.
We know that every one of our members has different needs and requirements when it comes to learning. That’s why we have an in-house learning team who provide you with practical and flexible opportunities that are unique to you. Whether that be short online training or in person sessions at your workplace or one of our recommended learning centres.
Our WULF project can give individual sponsorship towards learning and development with around £250 available for any training that increases employability skills. We have arranged for training such as; Mental Health and First Aid, Excel, IOSH, First Aid to name a few. More recently we are looking to introduce training around green skills, environmental awareness and more equality-based training such as menopause awareness, alcohol and drug misuse awareness.
Community recognises that people learn in different ways and may need more flexibility with their qualifications therefore we have secured discounts from various online learning providers so you can take a course without a financial worry, here are some examples;
Staff Skills Training
Community has unlimited access to a Staff Skills Training platform with CPD accredited training. Courses range from admin, computer skills, personal development, social care, and education. Browse the e-learning options and contact Community on the details above before enrolling.E-Careers
Community is currently offering a range of courses via e-careers. These courses include accounting & bookkeeping, cyber security, IT and project management. Community has secured 15%-30% off all courses on e-careers for members as well as the opportunity to apply for an additional £250 off through our WULF project. Take a look at our full range of online and virtual classroom training courses and qualifications.Skills Network
This opportunity provides access to interactive and engaging learning content from The Skills Network, a company that has partnered with a number of leading awarding organisations, including NCFE, CACHE and TQUK, to develop outstanding learning resources that meet a diverse range of learning needs. Courses from AAT, business and childcare. https://communitylearnwales.theskillsnetwork.com- CWU: Dysgu i'r Dyfodol / Learning for the Future
Contact CWU
Phil Cherrington
pcherrington@cwu.org
www.cwu.org
Twitter: @CWUnews
Facebook: @ThecommunicationsUnionCWU Project Offer
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) represents workers across the postal, telecoms, and tech sectors. Our members deliver vital services to every address in the country.
The CWU WULF (Wales Union Learning Fund) project is here to support communication workers, along with their families, friends, and colleagues living or working in Wales, by offering access to a wide range of learning opportunities.
Whether you want to develop skills for your current role, bridge gaps to help you go for a promotion, or take steps towards a complete career change, we can help. We also offer support to improve your digital and essential skills, as well as your health and well-being. If you're unsure about what you’d like to learn, we can offer advice and guidance to help you find the right course. In some cases, we may even be able to contribute up to £200 towards course fees.
If you're a CWU member, be sure to visit our CWU Education website for a range of free online courses. These cover everything from workplace skills to personal development and hobbies - whether you're looking to improve your everyday life, boost your career prospects, or simply learn something new for fun. Some courses are created by CWU, while others are recommended from trusted providers.
To find out more, get in touch with Phil at pcherrington@cwu.org.
- FBU: Fire Brigades Union - Ladder to Learning
Contact FBU
Cerith Griffiths - Cydlynydd WULF Co-ordinator
cerith.griffiths@fbu.org.uk
www.fbu.org.uk FBU Project Offer
By providing individualised learning and skills support this project seeks to improve access to learning for firefighters, particularly for those employed on the retained duty system and other fire & rescue service staff across all grades. We aim to deliver certified, accredited qualifications, as well as essential skills learning.
The project will also have a significant focus on improving workforce wellbeing.
- FDA: Getting in and getting on – Socio economic diversity and job progression in Welsh public services
Contact FDA
Deri Bevan
Head of Organising and Learning
07769971336
deri.bevan@fda.org.ukwww.fda.org.uk | Twitter: @FDA_union
Facebook: FDA Union | LinkedIn: FDA (trade union)Find out what the FDA can do for you
FDA Project Offer
The project seeks to improve socio-economic diversity within public services in Wales by supporting workers to firstly ‘get in’ to sustainable fair work, and then to ‘get on’ in their careers in public services. We will achieve this with a bespoke employability programme, plugging recognised skills gaps and increasing collaboration across our target sectors. The project will establish a coaching and mentoring network and widen participation in generic skills learning that focuses on the changing world of work (AI and new technologies, hybrid working, carbon literacy and workforce wellbeing)
The project has two core strands. Firstly, to support young workers and workers from under-represented groups to successfully apply for new roles in the public sector, and secondly, to support existing public sector workers to develop key generic skills to progress their careers. We deliver our work through employability courses, forums, conferences and workshops, using a mixture of wholly remote, classroom based and live streamed (hybrid) delivery.
- GMB: Essential Skills Learning Advocacy
Contact GMB
Mike Wilson
GMB WULF Project Manager
07462 575 666
michael.wilson@gmbactivist.org.uk
www.gmb.org.uk/region/walesandsouthwest
Twitter: @GMB_union
Facebook: @GMBunionGMB Project Offer
The GMB Essential Skills Learning Advocacy project (2022-2025) focuses on developing sector specific skills pathways. The key aims of the project are to increase participation in adult learning and to support workers to upskill and reskill by developing sector specific pathways.
The key sectors will be foundational economy, local government, health, energy and utilities, retail and distribution, social care, housing, Advanced Manufacturing and Material (AMM) and education sectors. In addition, the project will expand its offer into new sectors such as hospitality, leisure and tourism.
GMB is currently offering a range of free courses via e-careers. The courses include accounting & bookkeeping, cyber security, IT and project management.
There are many other ways that the GMB can advise and support you during these times. For more information about the GMB union visit our website - www.gmb.org.uk/region/walesandsouthwest
- NAPO: Learning For Life
Napo is the Trade Union and Professional Association for staff working in Probation and Family Courts. Napo carries out a wide range of activities and makes a substantial contribution to training and professional development of staff.
As a professional association, NAPO is always involved in the development and improvement of professional issues. The union plays a key role in all aspects of professional qualifications offered to staff through Community Justice Learning, which oversees the delivery of vocational qualifications at Level 2&3 and the Professional Qualification in Probation practice at degree and VQ Level 5.
The focus of this WULF project, is on raising the skills of the probation staff by offering increased access to vocational qualifications, accredited and non-accredited courses, and bespoke courses to improve their opportunities to improve their personal skillsets, maintain secure employment in the Welsh economy and improve professional practice. This will benefit individual learners, the employer and the Welsh economy.
In partnership with the employer, this project will focus on:
(i) Raising skills of the workforce by supporting staff to access workplace vocational qualifications.
(ii) Integrate union learning led activities into all aspects of service delivery and develop new structures to sustain a learning culture in the workplace
(iii) Work in partnership with the employer to mitigate the impact of redundancy
(iv) Support the Digital Strategy for Wales by focusing on developing essential skills including ICT digital skills training.
(v) Maximise engagement of employers and staff by linking learning activities to career progression and employability in relation to the principles of Future towards a new low carbon future and a Greener Wales through the principals of the Net Zero Skills Action Plan. Generations, Tackling Economic Inequality, and Healthy Work Healthy Wales.
(vi) Support employer to implement a Welsh language strategy in line with Cymraeg 2050. The project will support Welsh in the workplace courses as well as individual courses to meet the needs of staff.
(vii) Work in partnership with the Welsh Government to respond to the changing needs of the workplace, apply the principles of Fair Work For All.
Contact NAPO
Contact NAPO - The trade union and professional association for staff working in Probation and Family Courts
Ian Freshwater - NAPO WULF Project Manager
- NEU: EmpowerED
Contact NEU
NEU WULF Team
029 2049 1818Email: wulf@neu.org.uk
Facebook: @neucymrutraining
Instagram: @neu_cymru_training
NEU project offer
EmpowerED led by NEU Cymru, is a professional learning programme designed to support the growth, confidence and career progression of education professionals. It offers accessible, high-quality training across curriculum development, wellbeing, Welsh language, and employability skills.
The majority of learning opportunities and updates can be found on their Facebook and Eventbrite pages. Contact the WULF Team to discuss workplace specific or bespoke training needs.
NEU Cymru's Wellbeing Toolkit for Education, which highlights the importance of staff wellbeing and supports education settings in developing wellbeing teams, can be found on the project's website.
Download Education sector wellbeing toolkit
website:https://neu.cymru/mhw/
#mhwcymru #getinvolved- NUJ: Continuous Skills Development in a Rapidly Changing Industry
Contact NUJ
Rachel Howells
Project Manager
NUJ Cymru Training Wales
07974 376 631
trainingwales1@nuj.org.ukwww.nujtrainingwales.org/resources
www.nuj.org.uk/where/walesTwitter: @NUJTrainWales
NUJ project offer
NUJ Training Wales is continuing to provide essential training for journalists and communications professionals in Wales.
NUJ provide much of our training remotely as webinars, including a Survive and Thrive webinar for freelance journalists to help them understand their rights and the support available to them.
We know that diversification and additional skills are important and are making many of our courses available as webinars, including podcasting, video, web and writing workshops. Workers who are now suddenly working from home or facing the challenge of reporting the crisis may require wellbeing, mental health or resilience training.
Please visit the NUJ training website and sign up to our mailing list to find out the latest webinar dates as they become available.
- PCS: Gaining Accessible Learning in Wales 5
Contact PCS
Rachel Williams, Project Manager
Steven Donoghue, Project Officer stevedon@pcs.org.uk
02920 666 363
wulf@pcs.org.ukFacebook: @PCSWULF
PCS Project Offer
PCS staff in Wales continue to work hard to provide PCS members with support and advice during this difficult and uncertain time, especially members on the front line who continue to deliver vital services.
GALW5 will provide ongoing support to workers by offering workplace learning, individual learning support and organising courses that benefit all staff and the wider community in which they live.
GALW5 will deliver training and learning support for workers and source workplace courses. The project will expand on the online and remote learning provision developed in the previous project to make learning more accessible. The project will focus on accredited learning that supports career development and also on improving workforce wellbeing.
The project will support the civil service workforce, but also build on established links with community learning groups in order to increase participation in adult learning across the board.
The PCS WULF Project team continue to be available via email wulf@pcs.org.uk. Contact the project team for further detail of the 2022-25 PCS WULF Project Gaining Accessible Learning in Wales 5 (GALW5) project
- POA: Learning and Skills Wales
Contact POA
Liz Parsons
POA WULF Project Manager
07928 529850
Liz.Parsons@poauk.org.ukPOA Project Offer
This project focuses on supporting prison officers and other staff working within the prison and probation service in Wales.
Our goal is to provide dedicated learning services, including individual learner support, as well as information, advice, and guidance. We aim to create a platform that enables lifelong learning and skills development throughout an entire career.
Our website outlines the range of learning opportunities available, including continuing professional development (CPD) courses, and various distance learning qualifications. Additionally, we collaborate with partners such as other WULF projects and learning providers to offer further personal development opportunities, including British Sign Language courses and guidance on the Civil Service Success Profiles recruitment and promotion framework.
The website also includes links to external organizations that can support individuals in advancing their careers or pursuing personal learning goals.
- RCM: Personal and Professional Learning for Midwives and Maternity Support Workers in Wales
Contact RCM
Hazel Marsh
RCM Learning Organiser Wales
07825168258
Hazel.Marsh@rcm.org.ukTwitter: @MidwivesRCM
Facebook: @MidwivesRCMRCM project offer
The RCM Cymru WULF Project 2025 - 2028 will support midwives, student midwives and maternity support workers in their personal and professional development: We will provide learning advice, information and training online and in the workplace across Wales.
Over the next three years the project will:
- Provide varied learning opportunities including health & well-being and midwifery-themed skills to complement mandatory training.
- Support and promote the EDI agenda in maternity services – including race awareness, neurodiversity acceptance and understanding LGBTQI+ birth needs, to tackle racism in the workplace and promote understanding of diversity and global majority communities.
- Promote the use of Welsh in the workplace.
- Identify and promote courses relevant to maternity support workers, including supporting the proposed development of a midwifery apprenticeship in Wales.
- Support student midwives and universities through training and information, where required.
- Provide information and support for digital skills training.
- Provide information and support to understand the need for sustainability and de-carbonisation, and how it can be addressed in the maternity sector.
- Work with RCM branch learning representatives to identify and arrange training to suit local needs.
- UNISON Cymru Wales: Supporting Worker Voice in Learning 2025 – 2028
Contacts
Jenny Griffin
(Hi / Ei - She/Her)
Wales Union Learning Fund Area Learning Development Organiser
Trefnydd Datblygu Dysgu Ardal Cronfa Ddysgu Undebau Cymru
j.griffin@unison.co.uk / cymruwaleswulf@unison.co.uk
📞 029 20729463 💻 cymru-wales.unison.org.uk/learning/ 🦋 @unisoncymrudysg.bsky.social
Please be aware I work part time - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.Website: cymru-wales.unison.org.uk
Facebook: @unisoncymruwaleslearningUNISON project offer
If you work within public services in Wales, the UNISON Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) project is here to help you to increase your skills, confidence, wellbeing, and employability.Our aim is to build workers’ knowledge, skills and abilities, whilst ensuring those workers have their voices heard in changing workplaces and have more opportunities to meet and organise collectively to protect their rights, and bargain for better access to learning in the workplace. The NEW Project will transform the way that workers voices are captured, strengthened and amplified in the workplace.
Our Project will:
• Provide inclusive Essential & Employability Skills Sessions for Schools and Social Care Workers
• Provide sector specific (CPD) training for Schools and Social Care Workers
• Create partnerships with key employers and individual workplaces in schools & social care
• Provide CPD, Soft Skills and Wellbeing Programmes, Climate, Nature and AI-related learning for all public service workers through our All Wales Programme
• Engage with new workers on apprenticeship frameworks and in professional training programmes
• Support ULRs to collectively bargain around learning and negotiate for fair work
• Provide a Learning Signposting & Referral Service
• Work with UNISON College to promote and provide specific UNISON member only learning opportunitiesWe hope our learner stories will inspire you to get involved too. We can help you through our programmes of tutor led webinars, via self-directed e-learning, or we can work in partnership with your UNISON branch and employer to provide specific learning opportunities for you and your colleagues.
Our Wales website cymru-wales.unison.org.uk/learning/ is regularly updated with the latest opportunities for everyone to learn more and if you are a UNISON member you can also access the learning support of UNISON College - offering free courses, free eLearning, grants, bursaries, discounts and so much more.
Contact us today!
- UNITE: Learn with Unite - Pathways to Progress
Contact Unite
Contact Unite
Toniann PhillipsMobile 07768 931 284 / 02920 022759
Email: Learnwithunite.WULF@unitetheunion.org
Unite WULF Website: https://unitewulf.cymru/
Ticketsource: www.ticketsource.co.uk/unite-the-union-wulf-project
Learn with Unite (national site) https://www.learnwithunite.org
Twitter: @UniteWales
Facebook: Unite Wales
Unite Project Offer
Unite has an extensive range of training opportunities available for members across all sectors in Wales. Much of what’s on offer is accessible online with tutor support, to replicate face to face training as much as possible, so learners feel motivated and supported. Hybrid and classroom-based training will be made available where possible and where needed.
Unite WULF has thousands of fully funded and discounted online courses that cover a diverse range of subjects including vocational and industry qualifications, essential and digital skills, personal development and health and wellbeing.
Unite WULF offers individual training bursaries to help with training costs if you are in any type of employment. We can fund any work-related course accredited up to level 4.The national Learn with Unite platform also offers funded member-specific training, which includes ECS Assessments, 18th Edition, digital skills and bite size accredited and non-accredited courses.
For more information, please contact us directly or check out the website links provided.
- URTU: Roads to Learning
Contact URTU
Agnieszka Zamonski
WULF Project Manager
07903 319 995Agnieszka.zamonski@urtu.com
www.urtuulr.comURTU Project Offer
The United Road Transport Union (URTU) represents drivers and warehouse staff who work within the road haulage, distribution, and logistics industries.
The Roads to Learning project is funded by the Welsh Government, through the Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF). The project’s main aim is to assist and guide individuals working in the transport and logistics sector in all aspects of learning.
Focusing on the South Wales area, the project develops opportunities in workplaces and for learners in the wider community. Working in road haulage, distribution, and logistics often means facing multiple barriers to accessing educational opportunities due to long shifts or unsociable work hours. Most of the courses offered through the project can be accessed remotely, and learning can be flexibly planned around work and personal commitments. Many of the opportunities are informal, bite-sized courses accessible from any mobile device and can be completed in a short period of time.
It is also possible to gain new knowledge, skills, and enhance employment prospects with short online CPD courses and nationally recognised qualifications. The project engages learners through online and face-to-face sessions, and learning events.
- Usdaw: Aisles to Innovations: Transforming Workers Lives in Wales through Union-led Learning
Contact Usdaw
Pam Stanton
Usdaw Lifelong Learning Project Worker
02920 731131
Pamela.Stanton@USDAW.ORG.UKSouth Wales – Cardiff@usdaw.org.uk Tel 029 2073 1131
North Wales – Warrington@usdaw.org.uk Tel 019 2557 8050www.usdaw.org.uk/learninggateway
Twitter - https://twitter.com/UsdawUnion
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UsdawUnion
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/usdawunionNO TIME TO READ? YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH VIA THE FOLLOWING LINK;
Usdaw Project Offer
Our members work in food and non-food retail and associated industries including wholesale, warehouse & distribution, food manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. Our members working retail sector have faced and continues to face enormous challenges due to the cost of living increases and digitalisation. We have a proud history of helping our members across Wales remove barriers to enable them to access education to build confidence, improve employability, enhance personal skills and support good health and wellbeing. This is needed more than ever to help our members adapt to an ever changing working environment.
Our network of ULRs help members access learning in large workplaces, while cluster reps cover around six small local stores. If you are an USDAW member who would like to find out more about the ULR role, please complete the learning questionnaire or check out our website.
By working with our partners across Wales and the UK, we are able offer funding towards course fees to make learning affordible and accessible. In some cases, we can cover the full course fee. We also signpost members to additional support and sources of funding through other organisations, such as Careers Wales/Working Wales and community learning,and assistance with accessing Personal Learning Accounts, ReAct+, Access to Work, Young Person’s Guarantee and the Money Advice service.
WHAT CAN YOU GAIN FROM LEARNING WITH USDAW?
• Improve English, Maths, Digital Skills and Health and Wellbeing
• Learn at your own pace, in your own time and at a level that suits you
• Level 1 – 3 Qualifications
• Enhance your personal and career development through CPD courses
• Build your confidence by starting with informal bitesize courses
• Help your children with schoolwork
• Access WULF funding to cover all or part of your course fees
• Redundancy Support and advice
• Information, advice, guidance and signposting
• Identify other sources of funding
• Help you adapt to workplace changesWHY NOT TRY SOMETHING NEW TODAY?
We have partnered with The Skills Network and Staff Skills Academy+, to offer fully funded flexible online courses.
Choice of Level 2 or 3 qualifications, CPD accredited or informal courses.
PLEASE NOTE: you cannot enrol directly via either platform’s website. Usdaw members can enrol directly using the link below. Click on the links, choose your course then fill in the Online Platform Enrolment form below. If you are not an Usdaw member, but you live and/or work in Wales, then you may still access the course but you just need to complete the learning questionnaire first to check eligibility for funding.ONLINE PLATFORM ENROLMENT FORM
Small selection of courses our members have enrolled and achieved in are;
- Digital Skills-Maths
- Counselling
- Business Admin
- Microsoft Office
- English
and many more.
Not a member? JOIN USDAW TODAY
Please contact Pam Stanton on 02920 731131 or Pamela.Stanton@USDAW.ORG.UK for more information.
North Wales – Warrington@usdaw.org.uk Tel 019 2557 8050
We have a dedicated retail team: Crian Williams and Helen Couppleditch – South Wales, and Tina Davies – North Wales.
How does WULF work?
Trades unions bid for funding for up to three years in order to organise and or pay for learning opportunities for union members and their non-member colleagues. The delivery of union led learning initiatives helps everyone up-skill and progress in their working and personal lives.
WULF projects are adaptable and meet the needs of industry, government and individuals by delivering union led Fair Work and Learning and Skills commitments.
WULF projects are managed and delivered by passionate, experienced union learning leaders. These leaders; project managers and their teams have expert in depth knowledge of their sectors, they know how to deliver flexible, quality and relevant opportunities to a wide audience in a safe, fair way.
Projects can source online, blended, and hybrid courses, they are able to organise meetings, briefings and events, they are available to support and guide you in your lifelong learning journey.
Trades unions are represented in workplaces and industry sectors Wales wide. Even if you aren’t a member there will be a trade union (and probably a WULF project), that covers your area of work. Use our union finder tool to find out which union(s) work in your sector.
What are the benefits of learning with WULF?
According to research by Wavehill which we commissioned, the Wales Union Learning Fund during 2020-21 supported increased participation, better equality of access and enabled workers to progress in both their own personal development and in their careers.
In 2020-21:
- Over 8,000 workers accessed workplace learning and learner satisfaction was up.
- WULF helped workers to progress both in learning and in their work with 16 per cent of respondents saying that the learning resulted in a change of job role and 52 per cent saying it led to a pay increase.
- WULF delivered for vulnerable workers and under-represented groups - 70 per cent of learners were women and 22 per cent of those surveyed reported to have physical, sensory, learning or mental health impairments.
Read more about the WULF 2020-21 impact and learner survey
